2 Kings 15:37
in 2 Kings 15(In those days the LORD began to send Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah.)
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
In those days Jehovah began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.
KJV
In those days the Lord began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.
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This verse in 2 Kings 15
Commentary
7 notes on this verseIn those days,.... At the end of the days of Jotham, or after his death, things might be in design, and preparations made before, but nothing of what follows came to pass in his life, but in the times of his son: the Lord began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah: to make war with them as a scourge to Ahaz for his sins; of which is in the following chapter.
This site's exposition
the LORD began to send Rezin king of Aram
on 2 Kings 15:37-38
Rezin and Pekah appear together here for the first time. Isaiah 7:1 names the same two kings again, marching on Jerusalem in the reign of Ahaz. Kings says plainly that the LORD began to send Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
The history of many of the kings of Israel that reigned at the same time is given us in short, five in succession, all of whom, except one, went down slain to the pit, and their murders were their successors. Zachariah, the last of the house of Jehu, reigned six months, and then was slain and succeeded by Shallum,
), The Lord began to send them against Judah, as he bade Shimei curse David, and took away from Job what the Sabeans robbed him of. Men are God's hand--the sword, the rod in his hand--which he makes use of as he pleases to serve his own righteous counsels, though men be unrighteous in their intentions.
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The Nineteenth Century3 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The recent invasions of Pul and Tiglath-Pileser had effectually alarmed Pekah and Rezin, and had induced them to put aside the traditional jealousies which naturally kept them apart, and to make a league offensive and defensive. Into this league they were anxious that Judaea should enter; but they distrusted the house of David, which had been so long hostile both to Damascus and to Samaria.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
the Lord began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, &c.--This is the first intimation of the hostile feelings of the kings of Israel and Syria, to Judah, which led them to form an alliance and make joint preparations for war. [See on 2Ch 27:5.] However, war was not actually waged till the reign of Ahaz.
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In those days the Lord began to send - It was about this time that the Assyrian wars, so ruinous to the Jews, began; but it was in the following reigns that they arrived at their highest pitch of disaster to those unfaithful and unfortunate people. However much we may blame the Jews for their disobedience and obstinacy, yet we cannot help feeling for them under their severe afflictions. Grievously they have sinned, and grievously have they suffered for it. And if they be still objects of God’s judgments, there is revelation to believe that they will yet be objects of God’s goodness. Many think the signs of the times are favorable to this ingathering; but there is no evidence among the people themselves that the day of their redemption is at hand. They do not humble themselves; they do not seek the Lord.
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בַּיָּמִ֣ים | baiyamim | in the days | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הָהֵ֔ם | hahem | <the> those | H1992 → | 553 times |
| הֵחֵ֣ל | hechel | he began | H2490 → | |
| יְהוָ֗ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| לְהַשְׁלִ֙יחַ֙ | lehashliach | to send | H7971 → | 845 times |
| בִּֽיהוּדָ֔ה | bihudah | in Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| רְצִ֖ין | retzin | Rezin | H7526 → | 11 times |
| מֶ֣לֶךְ | melekh | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| אֲרָ֑ם | ʾaram | Aram | H758 → | 143 times |
| וְאֵ֖ת | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| פֶּ֥קַח | pekach | Pekah | H6492 → | 11 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| רְמַלְיָֽהוּ׃ | remalyahu | Remaliah | H7425 → | 13 times |
בַּיָּמִ֣יםin the days
baiyamimH3117 →2304 times
הָהֵ֔ם<the> those
hahemH1992 →553 times
הֵחֵ֣לhe began
hechelH2490 →
יְהוָ֗הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
לְהַשְׁלִ֙יחַ֙to send
lehashliachH7971 →845 times
בִּֽיהוּדָ֔הin Judah
bihudahH3063 →819 times
רְצִ֖יןRezin
retzinH7526 →11 times
מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of
melekhH4428 →2525 times
אֲרָ֑םAram
ʾaramH758 →143 times
וְאֵ֖תand <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
פֶּ֥קַחPekah
pekachH6492 →11 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
רְמַלְיָֽהוּ׃Remaliah
remalyahuH7425 →13 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Kings 10:32In those days the LORD began to reduce the size of Israel. Hazael defeated the Israelites throughout their territory
it leads to
- 1 Kings 19:17
Then Jehu will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Hazael, and Elisha will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Jehu.
- 2 Kings 8:12
“Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael. “Because I know the evil you will do to the Israelites,” Elisha replied. “You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword,…
- 2 Kings 13:25
Then Jehoash son of Jehoahaz took back from Ben-hadad son of Hazael the cities that Hazael had taken in battle from his father Jehoahaz. Jehoash defeated Ben-hadad three times, and so recovered the cities…
- 2 Kings 13:22
And Hazael king of Aram oppressed Israel throughout the reign of Jehoahaz.
- 1 Kings 19:17
Through
Isaiah 7:1Now in the days that Ahaz son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, Rezin king of Aram marched up to wage war against Jerusalem. He was accompanied by Pekah son…
it leads to
- 2 Kings 16:1
In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah, Ahaz son of Jotham became king of Judah.
- 2 Kings 16:1
Through
Deuteronomy 28:48you will serve your enemies the LORD will send against you in famine, thirst, nakedness, and destitution. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 28:13–14
“Go and tell Hananiah that this is what the LORD says: ‘You have broken a yoke of wood, but in its place you have fashioned a yoke of iron.’
- Jeremiah 28:13–14
Through
2 Kings 16:5Then Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to wage war against Jerusalem. They besieged Ahaz but could not overcome him.
it leads to
- Isaiah 7:14
Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel.
- Isaiah 7:1–9
Now in the days that Ahaz son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, Rezin king of Aram marched up to wage war against Jerusalem. He was accompanied by Pekah son…
- Isaiah 7:14
Where this verse is studied
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What the record shows
1 entry- Rezin — attested in contemporary inscriptionundisputed
Tiglath-pileser III inscriptions and stele
Biblical figure (King of Aram-Damascus, mid-8th c.-732 BC) identified in extra-biblical epigraphy.
About 2 Kings
Who and where
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); F. W. Farrar, The Second Book of Kings (Expositor's Bible); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil, The Books of the Kings and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.